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QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop
Try the first release of the QNX Developer Desktop, a self‑hosted QNX development environment that eliminates cross‑compilation for faster workflows.
Announcing the Beta release of ty
ty is an extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust, and designed as an alternative to mypy, Pyright, and Pylance.
Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
Catch your best ideas before they slip through your fingers Do you ever have flashes of insight or an idea worth remembering? This happens to me 5 10 times e...
Mistral releases Devstral2 and Mistral Vibe CLI
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
JetBrains cancels Fleet
Update (May ’26) Fleet has evolved into Air — our new Agentic Development Environment. Air brings together Fleet’s speed, lightweight feel, and usability with a new agentic experience for devel
Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
Jailbreaking a Kindle makes it able to do much more. Adding Tailscale takes the Kindle even further.
Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
Customers will see their bills increase from July 1, 2026 when Microsoft 365 pricing increases go into effect, adding up to $3/month for licenses.
Writing a good Claude.md
`CLAUDE.md` is a high-leverage configuration point for Claude Code. Learning how to write a good `CLAUDE.md` (or `AGENTS.md`) is a key skill for agent-enabled software engineering.
Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg
Ever since git init ten years ago , Zig has been hosted on GitHub. Unfortunately, when it sold out to Microsoft , the clock started ticking . “Please just give me 5 years before everything goes to shit,” I thought to myself. And here we are, 7 years later, living on borrowed time.
Orion 1.0
After six years of relentless development, Orion for MacOS 1.0 is here. What started as a vision initiated by our founder, Vladimir Prelovac, has now come to fruition on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Today, Orion for...
Atuin’s New Runbook Execution Engine
We're excited to announce a major architectural improvement to Atuin Desktop: a completely redesigned runbook execution engine.
1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18
We’re thrilled to announce that Zorin OS 18 has amassed 1 million downloads in just over a month since its release, breaking all previous …
5 Things to Try with Gemini 3 Pro in Gemini CLI
Unlock state-of-the-art coding and reasoning in your terminal. Gemini 3 Pro is now in Gemini CLI for Google AI Ultra and paid API subscribers.
Performance hacks for faster Python code
Learn practical optimization hacks, from data structures to built-in modules, that boost speed, reduce overhead, and keep your Python code clean.
Zensical – A modern static site generator built by the Material for MkDocs team
We are thrilled to announce Zensical, our next-gen static site generator that addresses and overcomes the technical limitations of MkDocs
Pomelli
Pomelli, our newest experiment from Google Labs and DeepMind, is here to help you create on-brand marketing content.
How to create accessible PDFs from the start
Accessibility does not need to be hard. Learn how to create accessible PDFs with Typst without any additional software while reaching new audiences and meeting...
Immutable releases are now generally available on GitHub
GitHub releases now support immutability, adding a new layer of supply chain security. With immutable releases, assets and tags are protected from tampering after publication, so the software you publish—and…
Qt Creator 18 Released
Qt Creator 18 highlights development containers to ease kit configuration, a convenient Overview tab, and various UX improvements.
Firefox profiles: Private, focused spaces for all the ways you browse
Every part of your life has its own rhythm: work, school, family, personal projects. Beginning Oct. 14, we’re rolling out a new profile management featur
Who needs Graphviz when you can build it yourself?
Exploring a new layout algorithm for control flow graphs.
Iroh-blobs
Learn about the new features in the new blobs API
Avoid 2:00 and 3:00 am cron jobs (2013)
A word to the wise: Do not set any cron jobs for 2:00 am or 3:00 am on Sunday morning! Or to be safe, on other mornings besides Sunday as well, since jobs originally set to run on some particular day may eventually be changed to run on another day, or every day.
D2: Diagram Scripting Language
D2 is a diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams. It stands for
Simplify your code: Functional core, imperative shell
This article was adapted from a Google Tech on the Toilet (TotT) episode. You can download a printer-friendly version of this TotT epis...
Typst 0.14
Typst 0.14 is out now. With accessibility by default, PDFs as images, character-level justification, and more, it has everything you need to move from draft to...